DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY BIOCHEMISTRY |
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The department was established in the year 2003 following separation from Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry. Since then only the MVSc programme has been initiated with admission capacity of two students per year. Till to date one student has earned his masters degree from this department whereas at present one is near completion and another is in first year.
The department is still in the process of development and in the last two years it has standardized the procedure for estimation some enzymes of clinical importance by preparing all the reagents in the laboratory only and is in the process of standardization of others. It has also identified some milk constituents as potential markers for detection of Mastitis. |
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| Courses offered: |
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| Physical Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Carbohydrates, Lipids,Proteins and Nucleic acids, Biochemistry of Vitamins and Minerals,Biochemistry of Harmones, Enzymology, Intermediary Metabolism,Veterinary Clinical Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Mammalian germ Cells, Immunochemistry,Experimental and Analytical Techniques in Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Lactation, Biochemistry of Specialized tissues, Cell Biochemistry,Biochemistry of Body Fluids, Biochemistry of cell membrane |
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| Major activities: |
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| The department is striving hard to find out and standardize the normal and mastitic milk whey levels of some biochemical constituents in various species of livestock to identify milk constituents which have potential as marker for detection of mastitis. |
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| Facilities available: |
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- The department is still in the nascent stage of development.All present,one Professor and Head and two Assistant Professor without any supporting staff are working in the department.
- The Department has created the requisite facilities for the estimation of some enzymes of clinical importance and identification of some constituents in various species of livestock.
- The Department has established a small laboratory with the available instruments for carrying out the research work of P.G. students.
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| Achievements |
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- The department has estimated the normal and mastitic milk-whey levels of some biochemical constituents like ketone bodies, triglycerides, creatinine and urea. Out of these, the information regarding ketone bodies and triglycerides, on this aspect was lacking and the results have suggested that these parameters may have potential as markers for detection of mastitis.
- Within the four years of inception the department has initiated the estimation of clinically important enzymes such as alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase, using the laboratory prepared reagents, on payment basis, in the samples received from private veterinary practitioners.
- Till the date department has produced four students,who have earned their Master Degree in Veterinary Biochemistry.
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| Future Planning : |
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- At present the Department is having acute dearth of space,equipmentsand man power particularly the supporting staff.To solve these problebs the department has already submitted a proposal in the year 2003 to develop a full-fledged,independent laboratory for carrying out quality research work.
- The department will be continuing work on identification of milk constituents, perticularly enzymes, which may have potential as biochemical markers for detection of subclinical mastitis.
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